European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse A n a Auto Rico unofficial publication for ims u � Ahmeto Force Voi. 37, no. 11 i , Ond pfc Friday april 28, 1978 if 21855 a Carter wants 61 urine drug tests restored old and then. Bullfighting traditionally Baa been for men. But Laws Bave changed. Maribel Auen Zar an 18-year-old bullfighter of Al Iceie Spain and one of Spain s rising female bullfighter looks As if she has the situation Well in band at the word sinking moment of truth la Madrid s Cara Wanchel bullring. But it s not quite As easy As it looks. For More photos turn to Page 3. Washington a _ saying the use hard drugs among . Servicemen is increasing at a serious rate the White House urged Congress thursday to rein stale a currently prohibited program of random testing of military personnel for heroin addiction. Jh56 dose of. A White House drug abuse official made the request in testimony prepared for delivery to the House com Mittee on narcotics abuse and control which is holding a hearing on military drug Dogoloff told the committee that the White House considers random sampling of military personnel As a reliable tool inthe fight against drug abuse. We Are convinced of the Efficacy of random urinalysis As a deterrent based on the overwhelming experience of military and civilian Law enforcement personnel he said. Involuntary urine tests for evidence of drug abuse was common in the Early 1970s, but was challenged in military courts on grounds it violated the constitutional rights of soldiers. Congress ordered the random tests stopped in 1976. Dogoloff said surveys of enlisted person Nel in Europe showed they had no object onto random testing As Long As everyone participated. And supervisors said they would military Banks offer Loans to Cut High interest ripoffs rented since the department of defense took control of banking facilities under a new contract in the Are encouraged to see tangible Evi Dence that the objectives Are being met. Wallace said. The loan program will pro vide More Money at reasonable interest 3"es5bffsffi by Bolhover _ staff write Frankfurt is an expanded Job service announced thursday for Mill try banking facilities in Europe is sex fled to put a Damper on the business of a interest off base lending firms. Ujj announcing the new service both now should be available through y banking facilities and Federal at unions. I under new policy banking facilities in 5pe Are offering signature Loans a Jung from j250 to j 10.000 to qualified ers at 12 percent interest. The pre a i?�.loan limit at banking facilities a Send " unions arc continuing to offers St jew signature and collateral Loans Loans i. I?T1 property May be attached in the Sistar Kwof default on payment. J. Claud Wallace or. Staff finance of do pm accounting chief for i Sarel a de Joed the new loan package As the first of 1 group of initiatives that has been simple it s is knocking on the door today and stripes carriers begin customers news Flease. With credit unions and military banking facilities now providing Loans there should Beno need for borrowers to go off base to get individuals Are turned Down by both the credit unions and the Banks i think they should think twice about officials pointed out that de spite the need for increased loan service they Are pursuing a prudent policy in granting Loans. What this Means is that the earnings and debt of potential borrowers must be assessed in granting m. Kaul. Vice president in charge of military banking for american expression Germany the Netherlands and Greece said the Success of the new program willbe dependent on the ability of Branch Man agers to provide loan counselling and to judge a Prospect s credit the end the Basic question that must be asked of any potential Borrower is the ability to repay the Kaul said. Our managers will have to use Good Loans in excess of $5.000 Are subject to t continued on Page 21. Col. Ii Welcome the tests he added because it relieved them of the responsibility for select ing and thereby possibly prejudging servicemen for drug tests. In a White House memo released thurs Day Dogoloff s Boss criticized the defense department for doing too Little to discourage drug abuse among american gis especially those in overseas assignments. The memo from president Carter s chief adviser of drug abuse. Or. Peter Bourne to defense Secretary Harold Brown cites a series of indicators of worldwide increase sin drug use among american servicemen and women. Among them eight percent of the members of . Army Headquarters in Berlin admit to using heroin. Among the 225,000 gis in Germany heroin use in some units is estimated at a High As 40 percent. The number of deaths from heroin overdose in Germany Rose from 20 in 1976 to 30 in 1977. In urine tests among sailors aboard the Navy Carrier Midway 20 percent of those tested were found to be using hero nor some other opium based drug. In the memo dated March 2. 1978, and continued an Page 2�, col. T scaffold collapse kills 51 from pres dispatches Saint marys w. A. A Metal construction scaffold inside a Power company Cooling Tower collapsed and plunged about170 feel to the ground thursday killing at least 51 workers state police said they just fell like Dominos a witness Aid jul ked up and were scream ing and a Short time after the disaster. 21 bodies wrapped in Khaki blankets were lined up on plastic sheets at the site near near this town on the Ohio River in Northwestern West Virginia. Harry Morgan chief of the Volunteer fire department at Belmont confirmed that the station was being used As a Tempo Rary morgue but refused to say How Many bodies were there. there Cre an survivors of the fall Morgan said. I Don t think so " witnesses said the scaffold wrapped around the circular water lower and started polling away at one end before it
